Kate Scott
List of John Benjamins publications for which Kate Scott plays a role.
Articles
2021. Memes as multimodal metaphors: A relevance theory analysis. New Developments in Relevance Theory, Padilla Cruz, Manuel and Agnieszka Piskorska (eds.), pp. 277–298
In this article I analyse object labelling image macro internet memes as multimodal metaphors, taking the Distracted Boyfriend meme as a case study. Object labelling memes are multimodal texts in which users add labels to a stock photograph to convey messages that are often humorous or satirical in… read more | Article
2021. Contrastive stress in English: Meaning, expectations and ostension. Beyond Meaning, Ifantidou, Elly, Louis de Saussure and Tim Wharton (eds.), pp. 29–42
In this chapter I consider where contrastive stress fits within the relevance-theoretic model of utterance interpretation. In particular, I focus on contrastive stress as a cue to ostension which layers on top of the ostensive act of producing an utterance and which guides inferential processes.… read more | Chapter
2020. Chapter 6. When
EVERYTHING
STANDS OUT, Nothing
Does: Typography, expectations and procedures. Relevance Theory, Figuration, and Continuity in Pragmatics, Piskorska, Agnieszka (ed.), pp. 167–192
Writers often use typographical features such as capitalization, boldface or underlining to draw attention to particular words or phrases in a written text. In this article we use ideas from the relevance-theoretic pragmatic framework to discuss how use of typographical features may convey meaning… read more | Chapter
2019. Chapter 5. Misleading and relevance in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Pragmatics and Literature, Chapman, Siobhan and Billy Clark (eds.), pp. 93–114
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